While serving on the board of the Southwest Riverside County Association of REALTORS, I had the good fortune to meet many community leaders. One of those I have enjoyed spending time with is Maryann Edwards, Temecula City Council member and mayor pro tem. I have been asking Maryann to write a gu
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05/29/2008
If you know me at all, you know I think Real Estate Connect is the most worthwhile and relevant real estate conference on the planet. I'm not alone in this opinion. Inman's San Francisco conference is slated for July 23-25. Plan on seeing many of your fellow bloggers in attendance. The folks at I
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05/21/2008
If you guessed Bonnie Raitt, go to the head of the class. I went to the Doheny Blues Festival yesterday and Bonnie was the headliner. I was fortunate enough to be backstage as my favorite group Little Feat went on before her set. I was able to not only meet her, but to have my picture taken with
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05/19/2008
I just saw one of the best films I have seen in years. Young @ Heart is one of the sweetest, most heartfelt movies I have ever experienced. It's a documentary about the real-life Young @ Heart chorus, average age - 80. I laughed, I cried and simply loved it. The audience applauded several times.
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05/10/2008
I just wanted to start your weekend with a smile. Diablo Cody (from Juno) recently named her top 10 youtube videos in her Entertainment Weekly column. This one puts a big grin on my face. Have a great weekend, rainers! Murrieta Real Estate Expert – Tom Plant, REALTOR® - Coldwell Banker Resident
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05/09/2008
Jan Bates is truly an angel. For the past several years, Jan has worked tirelessly motivating agents and affiliates to round up supplies for our troops in Iraq and then taken care of packaging and mailing them. Boxes of socks, beef jerky, Otter Pops, cookies, books, games and many other items ar
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05/06/2008
My wonderful hostess Judi Morgan took me to San Antonio's famed Riverwalk on the final day of my recent visit to Texas. After a nice lunch and another great visit with Jason Crouch, we hopped in the car and drove to Riverwalk. Judi showed me "Wedding Island", where she and Don exchanged vows las
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05/04/2008
The city of Riverside has major economic redevelopment plans for the "5 points" area, considered the "Gateway to Riverside". This office building is in a highly visible location and the city is offering 90% reimbursement for building improvements up to $24,000. Check out this diamond in the rough
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05/02/2008
Did I ever mention how much I love living in the Inland Empire? You'll have an opportunity today to discover one of the many reasons why I think this is such an extraordinary place to live. I have done a few posts on the Santa Rosa Plateau. Today you can see for yourself in rare opportunity with
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04/26/2008
Ben Stein talked about it this past Sunday on CBS Sunday Morning. The Press Enterprise talked about it, too: Shelters filling up with four-legged victims of foreclosuresAs if that weren't bad enough, Animal Friends of The Valleys suffered a tragedy February 28th when a trailer with 24 puppies/dog
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04/24/2008
